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headline, the future of syria was the main item on the agenda when u.s. and russian officials met in geneva today. after 21 months of relentless bloodshed they agreed it was till possible to find a political solution to the crisis. russian foreign minister sergei levrov admitted the meeting did not mean support for bashar al assad was weakening. >>> today easily the second straight sunday that an nfl team played a game in the wake of tragedy. this player, jerry brown jr., of the dallas cowboys, died early yesterday in a car accident. brown was a passenger. the driver was his teammate, josh brent, who now has a $500,000 bond while facing charges he killed someone while driving drunk. police say brent's mercedes was moving very fast when he hurt a curb and flipped. josh brent has a history of dui. >>> an update to last week's tragedy in kansas city. new video released by police show javon bell cher hours before he killed his girlfriend then his. dash cam video shows police talking to belcher after they found him sleeping in his car. listen to what police to
headline, the future of syria was the main item on the agenda when u.s. and russian officials met in geneva today. after 21 months of relentless bloodshed they agreed it was till possible to find a political solution to the crisis. russian foreign minister sergei levrov admitted the meeting did not mean support for bashar al assad was weakening. >>> today easily the second straight sunday that an nfl team played a game in the wake of tragedy. this player, jerry brown jr., of the dallas...
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let's talk syria. more than 32,000 have died in nearly the two years of fighting in your article you say some official advisory -- might take a muscular approach to the crisis. what does that look like? >> i think, first of all, you could see a morrow bust effort to -- >> they realize that these islamists are all the ones with the guns and the money and, therefore, they would have the power in the future of syria, so i think they maied might aid them a little bit more. i also think that there could be support for no fly zone. turkey has said that it could put patriot missile on the border with syria because of all these skirmishes, so i think if turkey were to take the lead here the u.s. could support eventually a no fly zone to protect some of the syrian armed rebels. they are actually doing the work to prepare. >> you talk about iran. today we justice learned that iran's military shot down a u.s. spy zone last week, and throughout the campaign the israeli government was criticized for not pressing th
let's talk syria. more than 32,000 have died in nearly the two years of fighting in your article you say some official advisory -- might take a muscular approach to the crisis. what does that look like? >> i think, first of all, you could see a morrow bust effort to -- >> they realize that these islamists are all the ones with the guns and the money and, therefore, they would have the power in the future of syria, so i think they maied might aid them a little bit more. i also think...
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. >>> the future of syria was the main item on the agenda when u.s. and russian officials met in geneva today with the u.n. peace envoy. reports say after 21 months of relentless bloodshed, they agreed it was still possible to find a political solution to the crisis. but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov insisted the meeting did not mean moscow's support for syrian president bashar al assad is weakening. fierce fighting threatening to engulf the city of damascus. >>> as that battle for the capital intensifies, the stakes are getting higher in syria, and the regime is getting even more desperate. the pentagon believes government troops have loaded bombs with sarin gas in what may be the last-ditch attempt for president assad to hold onto power. but as barbara starr reports now, a u.s. military strike on syria is not without risk. >> reporter: with the u.s. now believing the syrian government has chemical-filled bombs, cnn has learned the pentagon is secretly updating military strike options for president obama in the event he orders action. a seni
. >>> the future of syria was the main item on the agenda when u.s. and russian officials met in geneva today with the u.n. peace envoy. reports say after 21 months of relentless bloodshed, they agreed it was still possible to find a political solution to the crisis. but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov insisted the meeting did not mean moscow's support for syrian president bashar al assad is weakening. fierce fighting threatening to engulf the city of damascus. >>> as...
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it's a small village in western syria. witnesses say a government warplane dropped bombs on a bakery today where long lines of people were waiting just to get some bread. more than 100 people are dead now. i want to talk to cnn's mohammed j j jamjoon. >> reporter: it's horrific details that have emerged the past few hours since we first reported this bombing. activists tell us that around 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. local in syria today that this warplane dropped this shell on this bakery. they say that hundreds of people were lined up outside, that there had been shortages of food throughout the last week. this was the first day that that bakery that had been hit was open and that because of that, at least 100 people they say were killed. the video that we've seen posted online, we can't independently verify it, but it seems to be corroborated by what we've been told by activists. it shows an absolutely grisly scene, mangled bodies in the wreckage of the building and the rubble. you see rebel free syrian army soldiers and civilians
it's a small village in western syria. witnesses say a government warplane dropped bombs on a bakery today where long lines of people were waiting just to get some bread. more than 100 people are dead now. i want to talk to cnn's mohammed j j jamjoon. >> reporter: it's horrific details that have emerged the past few hours since we first reported this bombing. activists tell us that around 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. local in syria today that this warplane dropped this shell on this bakery. they say...
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to an opposition network based in syria. also today nobody will say for certain whether syria's vice president has defected as opposition leaders are claiming. if it's true, he is the highest level official to leave syria and flee the country. >>> for the first time in 45 years dallas county, texas is spraying mosquitos pesticide from the air trying to end a deadly outbreak of west nile virus. the virus has already claimed 21 lives in texas and made at least 550 others sick. many in dallas are opposed to the spraying. the epa says the pesticide isn't harmful to humans or pets. federal officials say cantaloupes from southwestern indiana are making people sick and even killed two people. the cause? salmonella. the fda says if you have any cantaloupes from that part of the country, throw them out. more than 140 people came down with salmonella infection in 20 states. firefighters are catching a break with slightly cooler temperatures as they tamp down wildfires, scorching much of the western u.s. in california and washington st
to an opposition network based in syria. also today nobody will say for certain whether syria's vice president has defected as opposition leaders are claiming. if it's true, he is the highest level official to leave syria and flee the country. >>> for the first time in 45 years dallas county, texas is spraying mosquitos pesticide from the air trying to end a deadly outbreak of west nile virus. the virus has already claimed 21 lives in texas and made at least 550 others sick. many in...
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i'm also hearing that cell phone outages and the internet has been now blocked in syria, which means communications for so many are now down and syria has been now shut oh of essentially from the rest of the world. you know, that sounds awfully foreboding. but at the same time, we're coming up in a few months on two years since all of this began. why am i only hearing about internet blackouts now? this would seem like a very big tactic for the government to use much earlier on before we started seeing all those horrors. >> reporter: i mean, today that is, to be honest, some quite substantial news. weeks of rebel successes but the calculation made by the government, if it is the government shutting down the internet, the rebels benefit more from the internet being on, use it to spread news and put video out of what they have been doing. the rebels benefit more than the regime benefits from the internet being on. does suggest some sort of crisis within the inner regime and damascus. there could be other explanations, a technical hitch or rebel success causing this to happen. but bear i
i'm also hearing that cell phone outages and the internet has been now blocked in syria, which means communications for so many are now down and syria has been now shut oh of essentially from the rest of the world. you know, that sounds awfully foreboding. but at the same time, we're coming up in a few months on two years since all of this began. why am i only hearing about internet blackouts now? this would seem like a very big tactic for the government to use much earlier on before we started...
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at least 30 people died in attacks across syria today. half of them in damascus. >>> this is new delhi, india. riot police blasting protesters with high-pressure water hoses trying to break up a rally against the government. people are furious after a woman was reportedly gang raped last weekend. women are not safe in new dehli and other cities in india. >>> it's one of our top stories this hour on cnn. a former u.s. marine and war veteran is released from a mexican prison. he spent four months there without a trial on a questionable gun charge. he describes conditions there and his treatment as deplorable. another american family is desperately trying to bring home steven knight, an american who has been in a mexican prison more than a year. cnn's rafael romo has his story. >> reporter: this is what steven knight looked like in october of last year. the american entrepreneur says he has since lost 60 pounds and suffers from health problems. he contacted cnn by phone from the mexican prison where he is being held. >> living conditions --
at least 30 people died in attacks across syria today. half of them in damascus. >>> this is new delhi, india. riot police blasting protesters with high-pressure water hoses trying to break up a rally against the government. people are furious after a woman was reportedly gang raped last weekend. women are not safe in new dehli and other cities in india. >>> it's one of our top stories this hour on cnn. a former u.s. marine and war veteran is released from a mexican prison. he...
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syria with a nationwide blackout. a syrian military jet and two helicopters were shot down by rebels. they used surface to air missiles seized when rebels seized a key base last week. i want to bring in a strategist for the syrian-american counsel. mohammed, you just got back from syria meeting with the free syrian army. you say we're nearing an end game. why is that? >> the fsa, the main armed opposition in syria is closing in on assad and the capital and tightening the noose around assad's neck so this is a map and it -- this map provided by the say sad regime, by the way. the areas in red as you can see under the control of the free syrian army. the armies in blue are contested and green are under the control of assad. as you can see, the areas under assad are shrinking and the fsa, that's the free syrian army, the main armed opposition is gaining ground and assad is alarmed by that and the internet shut down today. i touched base with activists this morning in damascus and concerned the regime might be readying it
syria with a nationwide blackout. a syrian military jet and two helicopters were shot down by rebels. they used surface to air missiles seized when rebels seized a key base last week. i want to bring in a strategist for the syrian-american counsel. mohammed, you just got back from syria meeting with the free syrian army. you say we're nearing an end game. why is that? >> the fsa, the main armed opposition in syria is closing in on assad and the capital and tightening the noose around...
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. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days, his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raising questions, why wasn't security ramped up? and why were protests initially blamed for the attack? a month later, the president addressed these questions on abc news. >> as information came in, information was put out. the information may not have always been right the first time. >> the president says the fog of war created confusion. what is clear, as command
. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the...
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defense secretary leon panetta says syria may be backing away from that threat. here is what panetta said earlier this morning aboard a flight to kuwait city. >> we haven't seen anything new indicating, you know, any aggressive steps to move forward in that way. but we continue to monitor it very closely and we continue to make clear to them that they should not, under any means, make use of these chemical weapons against their own population. >> and here's an example of just how murky the divisions are in syria. washington is declaring one group of rebels a foreign terrorist organization. according to federaldocuments, the group is nearly another name for al qaeda in iraq. >>> this morning, we know the name of a s.e.a.l. who died. the s.e.a.l. is identified as petty officer first class nicolas checque. the 28-year-old pennsylvania native died over the weekend. pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us now with more on petty officer checque. he was a member of s.e.a.l. team 6, the same elite unit that took out osama bin laden. barbara? >> good morning, ted. w
defense secretary leon panetta says syria may be backing away from that threat. here is what panetta said earlier this morning aboard a flight to kuwait city. >> we haven't seen anything new indicating, you know, any aggressive steps to move forward in that way. but we continue to monitor it very closely and we continue to make clear to them that they should not, under any means, make use of these chemical weapons against their own population. >> and here's an example of just how...
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also a rare look inside syria. let's play reporter roulette on this tuesday and begin with you in new hampshire. obviously it is decision day. all eyes on who will get the number two and number three spots tonight. you just spoke with john huntsman. is he feeling confident? >> he is feeling very confident, brooke. i have to tell you, it's very calm outside the webster school here in manchester. it's been like polling palooza here all day long. we've seen several candidates go through the media mosh pit in a last appeal to voters before this primary is wrapped up. we had a chance to catch up with john huntsman. he made his way through the crowd to talk to voters at the last second and we asked him what his expectations were for tonight. here's what he had to say. >> new hampshire has the knack for a big upset. is that what you're hoping for here? >> i think tonight conventional wisdom will be upended yet again. >> is this do or die for you? >> we have to do well, make no mistake about it. and we have worked this mar
also a rare look inside syria. let's play reporter roulette on this tuesday and begin with you in new hampshire. obviously it is decision day. all eyes on who will get the number two and number three spots tonight. you just spoke with john huntsman. is he feeling confident? >> he is feeling very confident, brooke. i have to tell you, it's very calm outside the webster school here in manchester. it's been like polling palooza here all day long. we've seen several candidates go through the...
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hillary clinton is in turkey talking syria. we'll tell you who she is meeting with and what's on the table. >>> now to other news we're following today. in syria government tanks, troops and military jets attacked a rebel area in aleppo. activists are saying they need more arms and ammunition and asking for international help. >>> and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in turkey discussing the crisis on syria. she's been meeting with turkish leaders today. >> i came away very impressed by these young activists and very committed to increasing the assistance we are already providing several of those present has already received support from the united states. as you know, we are providing nonlethal aid, mostly communications, to civil society and activists. >> mean while at least 35 people have been killed around the c p country today. >>> on fake you can click the "like" button but should it be protected as free speech. our legal guys are going to share a lesson or two on free speech. like it or not. after this. ah ok,
hillary clinton is in turkey talking syria. we'll tell you who she is meeting with and what's on the table. >>> now to other news we're following today. in syria government tanks, troops and military jets attacked a rebel area in aleppo. activists are saying they need more arms and ammunition and asking for international help. >>> and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in turkey discussing the crisis on syria. she's been meeting with turkish leaders today. >> i...
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these are the scenes from syria. government fighting rebel forces through streets that are truly war zones and are a mess. now let's shift to some other pictures where the uniforms become very different. suits. these are opposition leaders. essentially representing those people in the streets and they were meeting over the weekend in the gulf to create what on paper at least is a unified group with the aim of getting rid of bashar al assad. now, if they can do it, it would possibly mean the end of the carnage going on every single day. there are graphic images that we're about to show you. just one example of what goes on every day. they are the opposition saying that more than 35,000 people now killed since the conflict erupted in march of last year. so many of them kids just like that or younger. the syrian neighbors, like turkey, desperately hope that an end to the fighting will put a stop to all of this because syrian reverend few gees, like these women and children that you are seeing, by the tens and thousands
these are the scenes from syria. government fighting rebel forces through streets that are truly war zones and are a mess. now let's shift to some other pictures where the uniforms become very different. suits. these are opposition leaders. essentially representing those people in the streets and they were meeting over the weekend in the gulf to create what on paper at least is a unified group with the aim of getting rid of bashar al assad. now, if they can do it, it would possibly mean the end...
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security council tried to slap a new set of sanctions on syria, but it filled. the allies and the permanent u.n. security council members, china and russia, said no, and the u.n. ambassador is frustrated. >> the security council has failed utterly in the most important task on the agenda this year. this is another dark day in turtle bay. one can only hope that one day before too many thousands more die that russia and china will stop protecting assad and allow this council to play its proper role. >> because of the battleground states in the presidential race, florida is a big prize, and no surprise that president obama's campaign is there today. he kicks off with a rally in jacksonville, and it is scheduled to begin in 15 minutes from now. we will take you live to that event. as the president campaigns in florida another national poll shows him in a dead heat with mitt romney. in a cbs/new york times poll, romney has a slight edge over the president, 47% to 46%, and that is well within the margin of error, so it makes it a tie. dan lothian is traveling with the
security council tried to slap a new set of sanctions on syria, but it filled. the allies and the permanent u.n. security council members, china and russia, said no, and the u.n. ambassador is frustrated. >> the security council has failed utterly in the most important task on the agenda this year. this is another dark day in turtle bay. one can only hope that one day before too many thousands more die that russia and china will stop protecting assad and allow this council to play its...
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le >>> as the war in syria goes on, thousands in the country are hoping for humanitarian assistance. we will talk to someone from doctors without borders on the horrifying situation there. eavek and get up and go to the post office anymore. [ male announcer ] with stamps.com you can print real u.s. postage for all your letters and packages. i have exactly the amount of postage i need, the instant i need it. can you print only stamps? no... first class. priority mail. certified. international. and the mail man picks it up. i don't leave the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>> since the war in syria started, 40,000 people have been kill and the united nations estimates 2.5 million people need humanitarian assistance. the international medical humanitarian organization, doctors without borders, says in one city alone there are tens of thousands of people, many of them wounded, trapped by the intense fighting in deir ezzor. a coordinate we are doctors
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they were in northwestern syria, traveling with rebels. at one point more than a dozen armed gunmen, richard engel, said ambushed them and took them into custody, threw them in the back of a pickup truck and drove them to a location. they were blindfolded. they were bound for several days. they were subjected to mock executions. they went through really a terrible time. and this is part of what richard told his colleagues on the "today" show, a few hours ago, about what they went through while they were in captivity. let's listen. >> and they took us to a series of safe houses and interrogation places. and they kept us blindfolded, bound. we weren't physically beaten or tortured. it was a lot of psychological torture. threats of being killed. they made us choose which one of us would be shot first. when we refused, there were mock shootings. they pretended to shoot ghazi several times. when you're blindfolded, and then they fired the gun up in the air. it can be very traumatic experience. and at end of this, we were being moved to yet anot
they were in northwestern syria, traveling with rebels. at one point more than a dozen armed gunmen, richard engel, said ambushed them and took them into custody, threw them in the back of a pickup truck and drove them to a location. they were blindfolded. they were bound for several days. they were subjected to mock executions. they went through really a terrible time. and this is part of what richard told his colleagues on the "today" show, a few hours ago, about what they went...
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that's how you get into syria, through a hole in the fence. this is a country of rich rolling farmland that's in open revolt. in many towns the rebels are now in complete control. in one village, a rebel occupies the desk where the police chief used to sit. the rebels claim they forced out the security officers from this police station nearly two months ago and since then they have been using it as a mini barracks for sleeping, also storing aid, bags of clothing donated in turkey, some of which are being stored here in the prison cell. it's here that we meet a homeless mother in mourning. she says three of her sons were killed in recent months while defending their village from the syrian army. a surviving son was shot through the leg. the family is now homeless. soldiers torched our house, she says, and shot our livestock. but the syrian government's vicious crackdown has done lit tool crush the local spirit of defiance. at school children burst into songs denouncing their president, even though his government still pays for their school book
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. >>> the internet blackout is over in syria. meanwhile a car bomb went off near a mosque and homes killing 15 people and wounding 24 hours. another car bomb wounded 34 people. >>> mexico has a new president, but not everyone is happy about it. protesters clashed with police outside the congress as president enrique panieto was being sworn in. protesterings threw rocks. >>> election day was a month ago, but it looks like some politicians are already starting to campaign anew. it's the never ending campaign and we'll go on the trail. >>> and on friday, the supreme court justices had the chance to tell us if they would weigh in on same-sex marriage, but not a word from the bunch. whi we'll weigh in on why it doesn't necessarily mean they're done with the issue. ♪ a powerful, fuel-efficient engine, but it's not from japan. ♪ it's a car like no other... from a place like nother. introducing the all-w 2013hevrolet malibu, our greatest malibu ever. ♪ i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer
. >>> the internet blackout is over in syria. meanwhile a car bomb went off near a mosque and homes killing 15 people and wounding 24 hours. another car bomb wounded 34 people. >>> mexico has a new president, but not everyone is happy about it. protesters clashed with police outside the congress as president enrique panieto was being sworn in. protesterings threw rocks. >>> election day was a month ago, but it looks like some politicians are already starting to...
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how would that be beneficial, both to israel, to the rest of the world, but also to syria? >> it could be very dangerous, in the sense that 45 estimated sites or maybe more, they could be bombed, and those would kill a lot of civilians in the process. that could then backfire politically and actually strengthen president bashar al assad's hand on his way out and that's why israel's opinion very, very cautious about this, but of course concerned. >> if that were to happen, if assad were to delve into this stockpile, is that the line that he would have to cross in order for russia to take definitive action against such a long-standing ally, you think? >> it's a very good question. i think that basically with today the's veto, given the situation on the ground, russia is not going to break with the assad regime, because they know that the collapse of the regime there just means it's going to control less territory. there's a real possibility here of having a rump alawite state on the syrian coast or just slowly pulling back from areas in the north and eastern part of the count
how would that be beneficial, both to israel, to the rest of the world, but also to syria? >> it could be very dangerous, in the sense that 45 estimated sites or maybe more, they could be bombed, and those would kill a lot of civilians in the process. that could then backfire politically and actually strengthen president bashar al assad's hand on his way out and that's why israel's opinion very, very cautious about this, but of course concerned. >> if that were to happen, if assad...
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. >> cnn goes inside syria. witnesses this man crawling on his stomach just to save this woman's life. she had been shot by a sniper. you will see what happens next. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. be prepared. a massive cyber attack may be coming and the target? your cash. plus in his last weeks in congress, dennis kucinich demanding president obama give up secrets about drone attacks. he joins me live. >> it's 30,000 square feet. >> so long, hollywood. america's got a new hot spot for movies in the deep south. >> good to be with you. -iment brooke baldwin. i want to begin with a cnn exclusive. this is tough to watch, but the pictures speak volumes about what the syrian civil war is doing to its own people. this is about this teenager who defies the basic survival instinct, running away from a hail of bullets. oh, no. instead this young man who used to work in a bakery decides to crawl into the gunfire to try to save a stranger's life. this is a reality for so many syrians every single day. here's cnn, but
. >> cnn goes inside syria. witnesses this man crawling on his stomach just to save this woman's life. she had been shot by a sniper. you will see what happens next. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. be prepared. a massive cyber attack may be coming and the target? your cash. plus in his last weeks in congress, dennis kucinich demanding president obama give up secrets about drone attacks. he joins me live. >> it's 30,000 square feet. >> so long, hollywood. america's got a...
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ram. >>> turning to syria. some numbers, unicef said last week was the deadliest seven days of this entire 18-month conflict. 1600 people killed just last week. that's one number. here is another. during august more than 100,000 syrians fled the country, fled the violence in a single month. many of them fleeing to turkey. the u.n. call this is a brave and deteriorating incident. we sat down with an exclusive interview with the prime minister of turkey. let's listen. >> does it surprise you that the united states doesn't take any other actions other than what they call nonlethal support? does it surprise you they don't want to arm the rebels, for instance or talk about a no-fly zone or buffer zone or safe zones? >> translator: right now there are certain things being expected from the united states. the united states had not yet catered to those expectations. maybe it's because of the elections, maybe it's because of the pre-election situation in the states. nobody has spoken to us about their reasons and they a
ram. >>> turning to syria. some numbers, unicef said last week was the deadliest seven days of this entire 18-month conflict. 1600 people killed just last week. that's one number. here is another. during august more than 100,000 syrians fled the country, fled the violence in a single month. many of them fleeing to turkey. the u.n. call this is a brave and deteriorating incident. we sat down with an exclusive interview with the prime minister of turkey. let's listen. >> does it...
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the next step for the rebels is the friends of syria meeting in morocco. hard to think anybody being friendly with images like that. secretary of state hillary clinton will be at that meeting and actually may announce if the united states is formally going to recognize this new group of unified opposition members as actually representative of syrian people. >> we are doing what we can to support the opposition, but also to try to support those inside syria, particularly in the local councils who are committed to the kind of continuity in the syrian governmental institutions so we don't see a collapse and disbandment of institutional forces that we know from our iraq experience could be extremely dangerous. >>> cnn's ivan watson is live with us now from istanbul in neighboring turkey. ivan, a lot of people got a chill about this blackout effectively a communications blackout. do we know for sure that it is the government of syria that effectively cut its country off from the rest of the world, or is there something else afoot? >> reporter: we don't know exa
the next step for the rebels is the friends of syria meeting in morocco. hard to think anybody being friendly with images like that. secretary of state hillary clinton will be at that meeting and actually may announce if the united states is formally going to recognize this new group of unified opposition members as actually representative of syrian people. >> we are doing what we can to support the opposition, but also to try to support those inside syria, particularly in the local...
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this is fighting near damascus, syria. rebel forces say more than 14,000 people have been killed since this uprising began. almost all of them civilian, men, women, children and here in an area near those explosions you just heard, bodies lined up one after the other after shelling took the lives of more than 50 people. this is a neighborhood. families live here. many call it a complete massacre. it was this one clip that really made us stop. i have to warn you, it's graphic. these are bodies of elderly people. they have been shot in their heads. it's believed they were killed by syrian forces. always have to say this, cnn cannot confirm the images because syria limits journalists from entering the country. these victims were clearly killed deliberately. they were elderly. they with in their homes. it's hard to imagine what threat these men and women could have posed. the videos are tough to watch, but we want to share them with you to give you an idea of how horrific the conflict in syria has gotten. many fear the fightin
this is fighting near damascus, syria. rebel forces say more than 14,000 people have been killed since this uprising began. almost all of them civilian, men, women, children and here in an area near those explosions you just heard, bodies lined up one after the other after shelling took the lives of more than 50 people. this is a neighborhood. families live here. many call it a complete massacre. it was this one clip that really made us stop. i have to warn you, it's graphic. these are bodies...
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. >>> the already dire situation in syria may be taking on an even more disturbing turn. there's word that president bashar al assad may be thinking about using chemical weapons and more specifically nerve gas against his own people. an nbc report shows video it says depicts the syrian military loaning components for air gas into aerial bombs. those could be bombs that might be dropped from warplanes onto the innocent syrian people below but they say they would never do that to their own people though we have been seeing what they have been doing to their own people for the last year and a half now. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is leading a new u.s. diplomatic push on syria holding talks in dublin, ireland, today. let me begin with you. including this distressing nbc news report, what and how much do we know about al assad's movements at this point? >> reporter: there have been concerns for months. the u.s. reiterated for quite some time if assad did anything with those chemical weapons and utilize them in any way, theat would be a red line that brought on conse
. >>> the already dire situation in syria may be taking on an even more disturbing turn. there's word that president bashar al assad may be thinking about using chemical weapons and more specifically nerve gas against his own people. an nbc report shows video it says depicts the syrian military loaning components for air gas into aerial bombs. those could be bombs that might be dropped from warplanes onto the innocent syrian people below but they say they would never do that to their...
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believes that the civil war has killed 40,000 people in syria. now, russia's foreign minister has now invited rebel leaders to talk. i want to bring in our nick payton walsh. he's in lebanon today. we know that a lot of reporters can't officially be in syria at the moment to sort it all out. but this does seem like a very significant development. what do we expect out of these meetings between russian officials and some of the syrian rebels? >> reporter: what's clear about this, syria has said it will talk to russia. it's a similar kind of plan that they've been pushing since june. the issue really here is the reaction we've already heard. the syrian opposition, their leader saying he'll talk, but not in moscow as the russians suggest. the syrian free army saying they're not willing to at all. the real issue is exactly what do the russians expect? let's hear what they had to say with their egyptian counterparts earlier. >> translator: we expressed our readiness to the meeting with the syrian coalition president. we are ready for that. and as we u
believes that the civil war has killed 40,000 people in syria. now, russia's foreign minister has now invited rebel leaders to talk. i want to bring in our nick payton walsh. he's in lebanon today. we know that a lot of reporters can't officially be in syria at the moment to sort it all out. but this does seem like a very significant development. what do we expect out of these meetings between russian officials and some of the syrian rebels? >> reporter: what's clear about this, syria has...
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gee we're getting breaks news on syria. straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, for new details here as we're talking about, you know, potential chemical weaponry. now not only talking about it, not only existing in syria, but the fact you're hearing from a u.s. official it is being nixed. tell me what you know. >> now we know what is going on. over the weekend, the u.s. got intelligence that syrian forces were beginning to start mixing chemical agents. essentially putting two chemicals together that would allow them to make deadly sarin gas. this is extremely serious news regarding the war in syria because until now there has not been that mixing together, the next step would be to put that deadly sarin into artillery shells. the u.s. believes, brooke, that the assad regime is looking at the possibility of some kind of limited chemical artillery strike on its own people, on rebel forces. officials tell us they hasten to add they don't believe assad -- bashar al assad has made the final decision to go ahead w
gee we're getting breaks news on syria. straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, for new details here as we're talking about, you know, potential chemical weaponry. now not only talking about it, not only existing in syria, but the fact you're hearing from a u.s. official it is being nixed. tell me what you know. >> now we know what is going on. over the weekend, the u.s. got intelligence that syrian forces were beginning to start mixing chemical agents. essentially putting...
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. >> i want to move on the syria, if we could, and the u.n. now e estimating more than 10,000 people have died in the 50 months since the syrian people's uprising and we know that bashar assad has insisted he is not going anywhere, and what should the obama administration should do? >> well, i don't believe we will get directly involved in any military action in syria. i believe that would be a tragic mistake, but i do think that the united states could work intimately, and give with kofi annan and give him full support. he is working with the iranians and he is working with the russians and he is working with the assad regime and working with the revolutionaries in syria and the united nations, but the support has been given to him from washington has been very uncertain. he's the only ball game in town. so i know kofi anan well, and i stay in touch with him permanently, and i think that we need to work exclusively and with full support for kofi whatever he is trying to do. >> should the united states try to provide weapons to the opposition
. >> i want to move on the syria, if we could, and the u.n. now e estimating more than 10,000 people have died in the 50 months since the syrian people's uprising and we know that bashar assad has insisted he is not going anywhere, and what should the obama administration should do? >> well, i don't believe we will get directly involved in any military action in syria. i believe that would be a tragic mistake, but i do think that the united states could work intimately, and give...
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. >> a new weekend of violence and death and explosions in syria. this is damascus, five people were killed when a car bomb blew up. it filled the streets with debris and tore aparty apartment buildings. 30 people died in attacks across syria and half of them were in damascus. this is india, new delhi to be specific. people being blasted with high pressure water hoses, people are furious when a woman was gang raped and beaten on a moving city bus last weekend. protesters are demandsing changes to india's laws and say women are not safe. the man convicted of stealing the pope's private papers has been pardoned, the pope himself set the man free and cleared him of all charges. the former butler was arrested for leaking some of the secret papers to a author who included them in the book. he can pardon anyone he chooses. not far from the vatican city, a famous roman general's tomb has been found, and the problem is there's no money to do it. we have more. >> reporter: in rome, dig in you are likely to find something very old. for the past six years scie
. >> a new weekend of violence and death and explosions in syria. this is damascus, five people were killed when a car bomb blew up. it filled the streets with debris and tore aparty apartment buildings. 30 people died in attacks across syria and half of them were in damascus. this is india, new delhi to be specific. people being blasted with high pressure water hoses, people are furious when a woman was gang raped and beaten on a moving city bus last weekend. protesters are demandsing...
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all eyes are on the urgent situation in syria. these are pictures just in to n cn of ay wedeman and his crew. rebels deny they are retreating. a short time ago i spoke with ben wedeman by phone from north syria about what he is seeing. >> what we saw is a city very much at war. about half of it under the control of the free syrian army. the government is not hesitating to use its fire power and artillery to fire not only upon to combatants in neighborhoods like salahuddin like you just mentioned and other neighbors as well where they still have significant population and just a handful of fighters. ne these areas are coming under regular bombardment. last night we had a very hard time getting any sleep with all the bombardment that was going on. humanitarian situation very difficult. food supplies are tenuous at best. doctors say they are running low on medical supplies and medical staff as well as many of those who could help the wounded are unable to get to the parts of town that are controlled by the rebels. we're hearing that
all eyes are on the urgent situation in syria. these are pictures just in to n cn of ay wedeman and his crew. rebels deny they are retreating. a short time ago i spoke with ben wedeman by phone from north syria about what he is seeing. >> what we saw is a city very much at war. about half of it under the control of the free syrian army. the government is not hesitating to use its fire power and artillery to fire not only upon to combatants in neighborhoods like salahuddin like you just...
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this time, syria. according to the "new york times," the obama administration is deciding if it should play a more direct role to overthrow the syrian president bashar al assad. right now the united states is just giving humanitarian aid to that country. in the meantime, rebel forces take their fight with the syrian army to the skies. they shot down a helicopter, supposedly, using a rocket. the video was then posted on youtube. [ shouting ] >> cnn cannot independently confirm this video is authentic, but you could hear the rebels are cheering after that rocket hit the helicopter. and as arwa damon found out, rebels say they shot down three fighter jets in the past days. >> reporter: children on the back of a tractor make off with a sizeable tangled lump of metal. what was all too often the cause of nightmares, now a trophy of war. proudly shown off. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: we want to take these pieces to show them to the other villages, he says. let them see what happened to the
this time, syria. according to the "new york times," the obama administration is deciding if it should play a more direct role to overthrow the syrian president bashar al assad. right now the united states is just giving humanitarian aid to that country. in the meantime, rebel forces take their fight with the syrian army to the skies. they shot down a helicopter, supposedly, using a rocket. the video was then posted on youtube. [ shouting ] >> cnn cannot independently confirm...
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. >>> escalating violence in syria as rebels capture a key military base. now, more signs that the regime of bashar al assad is crumbling. a live record from the region after this. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ breathes deeply ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> we have this just in from johannsburg bureau in south africa. we're learning that former
. >>> escalating violence in syria as rebels capture a key military base. now, more signs that the regime of bashar al assad is crumbling. a live record from the region after this. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ breathes deeply ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is....
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united nation's observer syria is over. the mandate expired today. that means the 300 observers will leave the country. the unarmed observer mission was not a very effective one. none of the cease fire terms was followed by the syrian troops or rebels. also today, the mystery thickens over the fate and location of sir dwra's vice president. he was a no show at a national service today giving way to rumors he defected. >>> good news from firefighters in washington state today. a wildfire that chewed up more than 22,000 acres is about half contained and will probably be out by this time tomorrow. credit lower temperatures and round the clock work on the ground and from the air. >>> planes a pair of attacks in the caucuses region on islamic militan militants. a suicide bombing killed seven and wounded 11. meantime, at least six were wounded when two men opened fire inside a fos k. >>> west nile virus has claimed another life, this time, in illinois. it is blamed for at least 26 deaths nationwide. most in texas. in dallas county, leaders have been forced
united nation's observer syria is over. the mandate expired today. that means the 300 observers will leave the country. the unarmed observer mission was not a very effective one. none of the cease fire terms was followed by the syrian troops or rebels. also today, the mystery thickens over the fate and location of sir dwra's vice president. he was a no show at a national service today giving way to rumors he defected. >>> good news from firefighters in washington state today. a...
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the latest from western syria, where more than 100 people were killed today as they waited in line for bred. mohammed jamjoon is in bay routes. >> reporter: a scene filled with carnage. a massacre, screams the man. they targeted the bakery. a bakery where hungry civilians have been standing in line to get bread. one eyewitness described the grizzly aftermath. >> from 200 meters away, i could see corpses as i walked toward the bakery. bodies piled on top of each other, it was an impossible scene. there was no word to describe it. >> he was one of the first on the scene filmed this video. the wounded are carried away as rebels and civilians dig up mangled corporations from the rubble. shock and grief quickly turned to anger. where are you world asks this man pointing to the destruction. come see the bodies. they were waiting for bread. activists tell cnn this town is full of anti-regime sentiment. >> he was liberated a week ago. the regime surrounded it completely, cutting us off from the world no one was allowed in or out. even water and bread were cut off. we're able to reach an aid or
the latest from western syria, where more than 100 people were killed today as they waited in line for bred. mohammed jamjoon is in bay routes. >> reporter: a scene filled with carnage. a massacre, screams the man. they targeted the bakery. a bakery where hungry civilians have been standing in line to get bread. one eyewitness described the grizzly aftermath. >> from 200 meters away, i could see corpses as i walked toward the bakery. bodies piled on top of each other, it was an...
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i made in syria, and i believe in syria, and i am syrian. >> he says he will die in syria. we will bring you the latest on the crisis in that country. year. time for campbell's green bean casserole. you'll find the recipe at campbellskitchen.com. ♪ campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has never worked so well. >>> one of the few international aid groups on the ground in syria is now sounding a serious alarm the international committee of the red cross says it can no longer reach nvrn need because of security threats. meanwhile, syria's president bashar al as yachted has giv
i made in syria, and i believe in syria, and i am syrian. >> he says he will die in syria. we will bring you the latest on the crisis in that country. year. time for campbell's green bean casserole. you'll find the recipe at campbellskitchen.com. ♪ campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro...
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it's because the people of syria feel that the u.n. observer mission and kofi annan have been completely ineffective. they feel that the violence has really just spiraled out of control. they haven't been able to do anything to staunch the violence. so they are havery upset and th believe these bodies bear some responsibility. earlier today we heard from general robert mood, the head of that u.n. envoy mission in syria, even though the mission is suspended. he verified this violence that happened in trimsa yesterday, and here is more of what he had to say. >> from our presence in the hama province, we can verify continuous fighting yesterday in the area of trimsa. this involved mechanized units, indirect fire, as well as helicopters. we stand ready to go in and seek verification of facts if and when there is a credible cease-fire. >> kofi annan also issued a statement today in which he said he was shocked and appalled at what happened, the news of what happened in trimsa yesterday. he said that the u.n. mission there should be able to
it's because the people of syria feel that the u.n. observer mission and kofi annan have been completely ineffective. they feel that the violence has really just spiraled out of control. they haven't been able to do anything to staunch the violence. so they are havery upset and th believe these bodies bear some responsibility. earlier today we heard from general robert mood, the head of that u.n. envoy mission in syria, even though the mission is suspended. he verified this violence that...